Autism is a concept that encompasses various disorders related to problems socializing and communicating.
Autism is a concept referring to a series of disorders that affect a person's communication skills, socialization and empathy. Autistic people have a personality that is pathologically withdrawn into itself.
Patients who suffer from this syndrome have a series of identifying signs that determine this condition. In this sense, I would highlight, for example, that they have an IQ that is generally below normal, that they have limited language and grammar, or that they show total disinterest in social relationships.
According to the medical specialty in question, autism will be taken as the excessive reference of the person themselves over what happens in the context or as the congenital impossibility of establishing communication or developing an emotional bond with others.
Consequences of autism
Autistic disorders , therefore, affect interrelationships and promote repetitive behaviors in those who suffer from them, since they need to maintain a fixed and stable environment. Generally, autism manifests itself in the first years of life and lasts throughout life since there is no cure, although abnormal behaviors can be reduced and social interactivity improved.
Statistics indicate that autism affects between two and ten people per 10,000 inhabitants , with a greater occurrence in men than in women. Its causes are usually unknown, although some experts attribute the development of the disorder to a combination of genetics and certain environmental factors.
The milder manifestations of autism, such as Asperger's syndrome , can go almost unnoticed and be confused with an eccentric personality or excessive shyness . The most severe cases, on the other hand, include the inability to express oneself through speech and behavior that is not only repetitive to the extreme, but also causes harm to the patient themselves and causes attacks on third parties.
Those who suffer from autism often lack the ability to establish an emotional relationship with others.
The disorder in the cinema
The syndrome in question has been projected on the big screen through various films, thus making society aware of the difficulties faced by those who suffer from it as well as their families. And, of course, also the characteristics that define autistic people.
This would be the case of the film titled "Rain Man " , from 1988 and directed by Barry Levinson . Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman are the protagonists of the same in which it is narrated how Charlie Babbit , the first of the performers, when his father dies he discovers that he has an older brother ( Raymond ) who suffers from autism.
Hoffman won an Oscar for his masterful interpretation of said character, which was based on the figure of Kim Peek , an American who surprised everyone with his magnificent skills and intellectual abilities that curiously clashed with his absolute inability to perform everyday tasks.
To this aforementioned film we should add other film titles that also make autism known in an exact and profound way. This would be the case of "Al Rojo Vivo" (1998), "Miracle Run" (2008), "El Cubo" (1997), "Son-Rise" (1979) or "Más Beyond Reality" (1986).